The homage to Carlos Manuel de Céspedes will focus the activities planned within the academic program of the Book Fair in Granma, which will host the House of Nationality from March 7.
Maité Carrazana, specialist of the institution, said that Dr. Olga Portuondo Zúñiga, National Prize of Literature 2018, will open the theoretical space with the conference on the political life of whom José Martí recognized as the Hombre de Mármol, (Man of Marble).
The program includes the presentation of the book ¨Carlos Manuel de Céspedes en las horas de gloria, dolor y enfermedad¨, and Los últimos ocho días del Presidente, presented by the Master of Science, Ludin Fonseca, Historian of the city of Bayamo.
Also, will be held the panel Impronta del incendio 150 años después (hallmark of the fire one hundred and fifty years later), a gesture of great value for the Bayamo people, who preferred to burn their properties before handing over them to the Spanish domain.
In addition, there will be space for multimedia related to the theoretical event Crisol de la Nacionalidad, of the Fiesta de la Cubanía; the primitive community; and the architecture and urbanism in Bayamo.
Other options for the date will be the exhibition of the volume El año milagroso, by Juan Salvador Guevara, and an exchange on historical and cultural links between Cuba and Algeria, guest of honor of the fair.
The Book Fair, which in Granma chapter is dedicated to the bicentennial of Céspedes, will be run until the March 10 with a broad program of activities.
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